I personally have never had issue with Turkish 8mm, going back to my first crate from Navy Arms back in the day. I’ve bought twice from Centerfire on these recent offerings and had the same experience as you. Happy to relive the blasting days with this stuff!
I have some 1943 Turkish ammo that came packed in a couple original bandoleers that I picked up 10 years back. The main differences between my batch and yours, is that mine "looks" a lot cleaner and mine all have the same manufacture date. The clean look and all matching dates on mine raises a red flag. My batch was most likely tumbled by the importer at the time and that was really not a good practice. Tumbling cartridges can actually cause the powder inside the case to grind itself finer, which could be the reason why this Turkish ammo is known for being so spicy. Because of this, I still have reservations about shooting the batch that I have. Maybe, I will finally muster up the courage to try it out in my Russian captured k98k. The dirtier look of your batch Indicates that it hasn't been tumbled and that could be the reason why you don't seem to be having major issues with it. If the corrosion on some of your batch is causing feeding/ejection issues, I'd recommend just using some fine steel wool to polish it off.
Interesting! I’ve heard a couple of different explanations for why Turkish ammo has a reputation for being hotter than it should be, but haven’t heard that one before… but it sounds credible in that I absolutely could see an importer or retailer tumbling ammo to make it look more pristine. Would be interesting to chrony this stuff side by side with ammo that’s been tumbled.
@@hobofactory Forgotten Weapons has a good video in which he goes over the history of the cartridge and he actually does shoot some over a chronograph (ruclips.net/video/AunvMjcJPHY/видео.html). DEUCE AND GUNS also has a good video explaining three reasons why surplus ammo, like the Turkish 8mm, can potentially be dangerous. (ruclips.net/video/tcgk1-IZWJA/видео.html).
@@hobofactory I was doing some more research on the topic and I did find that cartridge tumbling is a common practice used by ammunition companies. They do it to clean off slight surface marks/grime that may have occured during the loading process. Tumbling doesn't cause any adverse effects to the brand new cartridges. Most likely, the primary theory of improper storage conditions is the biggest culprit for the degradation of the powder that can potentially cause the pressure spikes in the Turkish 8mm. Tumbling old military ammo is still not recommended, however. If the powder has already been degraded by improper storage, the powder would be more susceptible to breaking down even further during the tumbling process.
I bought 300 rounds of the same stuff and so far so good. I would go through and check all the rounds real quick. I found I believe 12 rounds that had bad crimps or split cases at the crimp. I also found one round of 7.65 Argentine. I'm glad I caught it! Other than that it has performed flawlessly and I am still happy with my purchase.
A few months ago I picked up some Turkish 8mm, it’s reliable enough for range day use (1 malf in 10-20 rounds). I need to pick up some more before they stop importing while it’s cheap so I have a few years supply.
Hobo howdy I got some 8MM surplus Romanian from SGAmmo $89 for 100 rd. i went to the range with my 1943 Spanish Mauser and the 3 rounds i tried it would not fire them. A new striker spring did the trick. Like you said in the video. So your a left handed like me 😁. THANKS for showing !! Centerfire gonna check that out.
Well if they fire ok for just range shooting , then you now have brass to reload with . Even if you had a concern you could pull the bullets , dump the powder and reload with new , still a savings
True, components can be salvaged in a worst case scenario but glad these seem to function as intended at least as cheap blasting away at the range type ammo.
I've been using up my Yugo M-75 .8mm which works great but only down to lil more than a 900 case left n don't want to open my last one..... Question : Which do ya think is better the Greek or Turk .8mm ?? T.Y.
I personally have never had issue with Turkish 8mm, going back to my first crate from Navy Arms back in the day. I’ve bought twice from Centerfire on these recent offerings and had the same experience as you. Happy to relive the blasting days with this stuff!
I’ve never actually tried it before this batch but likewise glad to see some cheap plinking 8mm available.
I had to change to a heavier spring to get it to shoot , in my 1940 k98 .
I have some 1943 Turkish ammo that came packed in a couple original bandoleers that I picked up 10 years back. The main differences between my batch and yours, is that mine "looks" a lot cleaner and mine all have the same manufacture date.
The clean look and all matching dates on mine raises a red flag. My batch was most likely tumbled by the importer at the time and that was really not a good practice. Tumbling cartridges can actually cause the powder inside the case to grind itself finer, which could be the reason why this Turkish ammo is known for being so spicy. Because of this, I still have reservations about shooting the batch that I have. Maybe, I will finally muster up the courage to try it out in my Russian captured k98k.
The dirtier look of your batch Indicates that it hasn't been tumbled and that could be the reason why you don't seem to be having major issues with it. If the corrosion on some of your batch is causing feeding/ejection issues, I'd recommend just using some fine steel wool to polish it off.
Interesting! I’ve heard a couple of different explanations for why Turkish ammo has a reputation for being hotter than it should be, but haven’t heard that one before… but it sounds credible in that I absolutely could see an importer or retailer tumbling ammo to make it look more pristine. Would be interesting to chrony this stuff side by side with ammo that’s been tumbled.
@@hobofactory Forgotten Weapons has a good video in which he goes over the history of the cartridge and he actually does shoot some over a chronograph (ruclips.net/video/AunvMjcJPHY/видео.html).
DEUCE AND GUNS also has a good video explaining three reasons why surplus ammo, like the Turkish 8mm, can potentially be dangerous. (ruclips.net/video/tcgk1-IZWJA/видео.html).
@@hobofactory I was doing some more research on the topic and I did find that cartridge tumbling is a common practice used by ammunition companies. They do it to clean off slight surface marks/grime that may have occured during the loading process. Tumbling doesn't cause any adverse effects to the brand new cartridges.
Most likely, the primary theory of improper storage conditions is the biggest culprit for the degradation of the powder that can potentially cause the pressure spikes in the Turkish 8mm. Tumbling old military ammo is still not recommended, however. If the powder has already been degraded by improper storage, the powder would be more susceptible to breaking down even further during the tumbling process.
I bought 300 rounds of the same stuff and so far so good. I would go through and check all the rounds real quick. I found I believe 12 rounds that had bad crimps or split cases at the crimp. I also found one round of 7.65 Argentine. I'm glad I caught it! Other than that it has performed flawlessly and I am still happy with my purchase.
A few months ago I picked up some Turkish 8mm, it’s reliable enough for range day use (1 malf in 10-20 rounds). I need to pick up some more before they stop importing while it’s cheap so I have a few years supply.
Definitely a good idea. Of course when it’s so cheap it’s also tempting to blast away all the more so it may not last long after all.
for my state, tax and shipping makes this more .46 a round. which I could pick up local
Hobo howdy I got some 8MM surplus Romanian from SGAmmo $89 for 100 rd. i went to the range with my 1943 Spanish Mauser and the 3 rounds i tried it would not fire them. A new striker spring did the trick. Like you said in the video. So your a left handed like me 😁. THANKS for showing !! Centerfire gonna check that out.
I definitely plan to try this stuff in my Spanish Mauser as well. It seems a bit older and more used and I wonder if the results will differ.
Well if they fire ok for just range shooting , then you now have brass to reload with . Even if you had a concern you could pull the bullets , dump the powder and reload with new , still a savings
True, components can be salvaged in a worst case scenario but glad these seem to function as intended at least as cheap blasting away at the range type ammo.
Hey HoBo the only problem i had with my Mauser the round would not go off was i needed a new 22 lb striker spring to set the round off.
I've been using up my Yugo M-75 .8mm which works great but only down to lil more than a 900 case left n don't want to open my last one..... Question : Which do ya think is better the Greek or Turk .8mm ?? T.Y.
Tbh I’m not sure, I don’t recall ever having tried Greek 8mm, unfortunately.
🇦🇺😎👍Nice
Glad it worked
Makes me a bit more willing to try in my older, more tired Mausers.
Wow, no hang fire! ( I purchased a few from them, haven’t tested it yet)
Turkish ammo is very corrosive, so wash with hot water, than scrub ,and last oil your barrels
I put mine in a corncob media tumbler..........be well.
I’ve thought about doing something similar, might help it run a little smoother at least.